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Gray and several lawmakers said the Central Valley’s lower-income, marginalized communities often get cut first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When money gets dedicated to our region, some of the other regions don’t mind taking from us,” said Gray, a Democrat from Merced who served in the Assembly from 2012 through 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/032423-STOCKTON-LEVEES-MHN-06-CM.jpg\" alt=\"Tents and other belongings are pictured next to an overflow of water near a small bridge. A city is pictured in the background.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/032423-STOCKTON-LEVEES-MHN-06-CM.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/032423-STOCKTON-LEVEES-MHN-06-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/032423-STOCKTON-LEVEES-MHN-06-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/032423-STOCKTON-LEVEES-MHN-06-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton faces a severe risk of flooding. Mormon Slough, shown here on March 24, 2023, is located near downtown Stockton. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear what effect the funding cut will have on future flooding in Stockton and the rest of the San Joaquin Valley. But Rentner said if the dairy farm project had gone as planned, the land could have been partially restored already, absorbing floodwaters and potentially lessening impacts along the river in Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remains to be seen if the funding cut will be included in the May \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/\">revised budget\u003c/a> and signed into law in the budget this summer. But California Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot told CalMatters that the governor’s proposed budget, for now, renders all of the floodplain money unavailable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the project in Stanislaus County, nine other projects for restoring 2,400 acres along the San Joaquin River had been slated to begin, with their $13 million in funding now in limbo, Rentner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These projects were shovel-ready,” Rentner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restoring a floodplain typically involves removing, lowering or setting back levees to allow swollen rivers to expand laterally onto uninhabited land. This reduces pressure on levees elsewhere, lessening the chances that they’ll rupture. Most of California’s historic floodplains have been separated from rivers by levees and converted to agriculture.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Josh Viers, professor of water resource management, UC Merced\"]‘Setting levees back gives the river room to roam.’[/pullquote]“Levees effectively straitjacket the river and either push floodwaters downstream to unprotected communities or actually bottleneck a river and cause flooding upstream,” said Josh Viers, a professor of water resource management at UC Merced who has studied floodplains for more than 20 years. “Setting levees back gives the river room to roam.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As scientists, environmentalists and legislators recognize the benefits of floodplains, interest in restoring them has grown across party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floodplains also offer seasonal foraging ground for juvenile salmon and nesting grounds for waterfowl. And they can help recharge the San Joaquin Valley’s depleted groundwater basins.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Nowhere for that water to go’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mike Machado, a farmer near Linden who served in the State Assembly and Senate for 14 years, until 2008, said the governor’s proposal is one of many examples of the state choosing to fund flood protection projects for wealthy regions but not for poorer ones like the San Joaquin Valley.[aside label='More California Flood Coverage' tag='flood']“They conduct cost-benefit analyses to determine if the value of what they’re protecting is greater than the cost of protecting it,” Machado said. “In places like Pajaro and low-lying areas of San Joaquin County, the value of lives seems to be discounted to the value of economic wealth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the rising Pajaro River broke through an \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-12/authorities-knew-the-levee-could-fail\">aging levee\u003c/a> that provides inadequate protection to the Monterey County \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-20/a-long-history-of-racism-set-the-stage-for-pajaro-flooding\">town of Pajaro\u003c/a>, forcing about 3,000 residents — largely Latino farmworkers — to evacuate and damaging about 900 homes and buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/heath-flora-1983/\">Assemblymember Heath Flora\u003c/a>, whose district includes the northern San Joaquin Valley, said the shortage of floodplain acreage along the San Joaquin River increases the region’s vulnerability to flooding. He said the near-record Sierra Nevada snowpack, when it melts, could cause even more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we get a warm spring, we are in big trouble,” Flora said. “We have nowhere for that water to go, and it’s coming, whether we like it or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora said “it’s hard to understand” why the governor cut floodplain funds that have bipartisan support and could provide an array of benefits — not just for flood control but also creating new greenspaces and recreation opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The low-income, underserved communities that the governor likes to talk about … this is their backyard, and so it’s interesting that we say we care about these people but inevitably the projects that affect them the most seem to be the first to get cut,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have [the floodplains funding] stripped away is incredibly frustrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1125px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111.jpg\" alt=\"A dark green river curves along lush, green farmland.\" width=\"1125\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111.jpg 1125w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Joaquin-Sacramento River Valley Delta. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rentner of River Partners said the sooner the state spends the money in the San Joaquin Valley, the better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really a fractional downpayment on improvements that we would have reaped the benefits of — even this year,” Rentner said. “If we don’t pay now, we’re going to have to pay a lot more later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explaining why the funding was cut, Crowfoot said the state in recent years enjoyed a budget surplus, allowing for “historic investments … in these multi-benefit floodplain investments.” But Newsom estimated in January that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">California is facing a budget deficit of about $22.5 billion\u003c/a>.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Assemblymember Heath Flora\"]‘If we get a warm spring, we are in big trouble. We have nowhere for that water to go, and it’s coming, whether we like it or not.’[/pullquote]“Then fiscal conditions changed quite rapidly and we found ourselves having to make cuts, and that’s not easy because we’re cutting priorities that we acknowledge to be priorities, which is why we funded them in the first place,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This does not represent a change or diminishment of our long-term priority to significantly expand floodplains in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $40 million may be restored in the next budget cycle, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If fiscal conditions improve, and the general fund improves, it will be automatically restored,” he said. This could happen by what’s referred to as a fiscal trigger process, though it wouldn’t be until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office did not respond to questions about his cuts to floodplain funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A tale of two valleys\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Officials say vast differences in flood control infrastructure in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys illustrate the unequal investments in the two regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the Sacramento River, the vast Yolo Bypass, which covers tens of thousands of acres, is designed to take on floodwaters from the Sacramento River during and after storms. This helps ease pressure on the levees protecting Sacramento and ultimately reduces the risk of a devastating flood in the state’s capital. The smaller Sutter Bypass serves a similar function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A cloudy, blue sky rests on top of a calm river with healthy brush hugging the riverbend.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wetland marshes of Sherman Island on Threemile Slough, which is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, on the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The delta is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying freshwater to two-thirds of California’s population and millions of acres of farmland. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In comparison, the San Joaquin Valley lacks expansive areas where the river can sprawl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>River Partners is nearing completion on a 2,000-acre floodplain project called \u003ca href=\"https://riverpartners.org/project/dos-rios-ranch-preserve/\">Dos Rios Ranch Preserve\u003c/a> at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers. But Machado said other projects to restore the San Joaquin Valley’s floodplains have lagged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Yolo Bypass, which runs between Davis and Sacramento, is undergoing a substantial expansion, “there’s a proposal to do the same type of project on the San Joaquin River [that’s] never [been] finished,” he said. The \u003ca href=\"https://southdeltawater.org/paradise-cut-expansion\">Paradise Cut Bypass Expansion Project\u003c/a>, just upstream from Stockton, has not moved past the planning stage. (The project has not been fully funded and is not part of the budget cuts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been, like, 15 years in the making,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, an environmental justice group in Stockton. “We always lose on infrastructure funding here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://harder.house.gov/about\">Representative Josh Harder\u003c/a>, who represents parts of the Delta region and San Joaquin Valley in the House, said the proposed cuts endanger a region he called “one of the most vulnerable in the nation to severe flooding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now is not the time to cut critical funding for floodplain management or any other flood mitigation efforts,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://a13.asmdc.org/district-map\">Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua\u003c/a> said the defunded projects were already underway, making Newsom’s cuts even more devastating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve already moved the ball down the field,” said Villapudua, a Stockton Democrat. “The planning process takes a lot of time — man hours, labor hours. We understand that he (Newsom) needs to make cuts, but this is the one area he should not be taking money from, especially not right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 24, Villapudua’s office asked lawmakers to sign a letter pleading with the governor to restore the funding. The letter has not yet been sent to Newsom as Villapudua gathers more signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sometimes upsets me that he (Newsom) forgets about the Central Valley,” Villapudua said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of devastating flooding in the Central Valley is growing as levees age and erode. Climate change is a factor, too. In a paper published last summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995\">researchers warned that a large storm could drop 3 feet of rain in the Sierra Nevada over 30 days\u003c/a>, generating floods that cause “approximately $1 trillion in 2022 dollars, making it the most expensive geophysical disaster in global history to date.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is currently spending about a quarter of what it should be on the region’s flood measures, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley plan (PDF)\u003c/a> by Crowfoot’s agency. About $3.2 billion in state/federal funding over the next five years is needed to protect against catastrophic flooding in the region, while the state has spent just $250 million a year. “More investment is needed,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Stockton faces severe flooding risks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stockton, where 13% of its 322,000 people live in poverty and 45% are Latino, is grappling with the possibility of a devastating flood. Experts say much more protection is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta said at least 17,000 houses in Stockton near Van Buskirk Park are at particular risk of flooding. Nearby a community of unhoused people lives beside Mormon Slough, which nearly spilled over its levee in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That $40 million could have been used to finish up planning for floodplains from Merced all the way to Van Buskirk Park,” she said. “The more we can get floodplains back into use along the San Joaquin River system, the more we can keep people safe from flooding, especially in environmental justice communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rentner said the cut funding could have already opened up new floodplains to reduce impacts to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-floods-sacramento-valley/\">communities that were inundated in flood events since January\u003c/a>. The Stanislaus County dairy farm could have been purchased, partially restored and inundated by now “if we had access to these funds four months ago,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945151\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-scaled.jpg\" alt='A diamond-shaped, yellow sign reads \"Winding Levee Road.\" To the right of the sign, a body of water ripples as wind turbines spin in the background.' width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A levee in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. \u003ccite>(Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Elias, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjafca.org/Home/Components/StaffDirectory/StaffDirectory/14/55\">San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency\u003c/a>, said upgrading 23 miles of levees would protect almost half of the city’s 320,000 people. The agency is also studying ways to restore floodplains upstream, primarily with the long-awaited Paradise Cut expansion. This tract of land, when inundated, could reduce the river’s flood level by three feet in Stockton, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The levee upgrades and the floodplain work could cost a whopping $1.9 billion, Elias said. The federal government will probably cover most of the cost, while the state is likely to fund about one-quarter. (Newsom’s proposed budget does not eliminate any of that funding.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the work is still years away from completion, so Elias said restoring smaller parcels along the San Joaquin — like the many River Partners projects that had funding cut — could increase flood protection for Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Beyond flood control — wildlife and recreation, too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Benefits of setting back, notching or removing levees go beyond flood protection. “The work creates jobs,” Flora said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floodplains also offer habitat for birds, fish and other wildlife, and restoring them is widely recognized as a key component of saving California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">declining salmon runs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the right soil types, flooded land can also create settling basins where water can sink into the ground, replenishing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater reserves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial shot of a serpentine-like river with farmland in various shades of green surrounding it.\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111.jpg 1650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-1536x977.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Valley Delta. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also represent potential recreation opportunities. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://riverpartners.org/project/dos-rios-ranch-preserve/\">Dos Rios Ranch Preserve\u003c/a> is proposed to become a new state park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray, the former Assemblymember, said floodplain restoration is a rare type of public works projects that has bipartisan, almost universal, support because of the many benefits it provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a win for the environment, it’s a win for agriculture, it’s a win for public safety,” Gray said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“They conduct cost-benefit analyses to determine if the value of what they’re protecting is greater than the cost of protecting it,” Machado said. “In places like Pajaro and low-lying areas of San Joaquin County, the value of lives seems to be discounted to the value of economic wealth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the rising Pajaro River broke through an \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-12/authorities-knew-the-levee-could-fail\">aging levee\u003c/a> that provides inadequate protection to the Monterey County \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-20/a-long-history-of-racism-set-the-stage-for-pajaro-flooding\">town of Pajaro\u003c/a>, forcing about 3,000 residents — largely Latino farmworkers — to evacuate and damaging about 900 homes and buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/heath-flora-1983/\">Assemblymember Heath Flora\u003c/a>, whose district includes the northern San Joaquin Valley, said the shortage of floodplain acreage along the San Joaquin River increases the region’s vulnerability to flooding. He said the near-record Sierra Nevada snowpack, when it melts, could cause even more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we get a warm spring, we are in big trouble,” Flora said. “We have nowhere for that water to go, and it’s coming, whether we like it or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flora said “it’s hard to understand” why the governor cut floodplain funds that have bipartisan support and could provide an array of benefits — not just for flood control but also creating new greenspaces and recreation opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The low-income, underserved communities that the governor likes to talk about … this is their backyard, and so it’s interesting that we say we care about these people but inevitably the projects that affect them the most seem to be the first to get cut,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have [the floodplains funding] stripped away is incredibly frustrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1125px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111.jpg\" alt=\"A dark green river curves along lush, green farmland.\" width=\"1125\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111.jpg 1125w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS3305_delta120111-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Joaquin-Sacramento River Valley Delta. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rentner of River Partners said the sooner the state spends the money in the San Joaquin Valley, the better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really a fractional downpayment on improvements that we would have reaped the benefits of — even this year,” Rentner said. “If we don’t pay now, we’re going to have to pay a lot more later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explaining why the funding was cut, Crowfoot said the state in recent years enjoyed a budget surplus, allowing for “historic investments … in these multi-benefit floodplain investments.” But Newsom estimated in January that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">California is facing a budget deficit of about $22.5 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Then fiscal conditions changed quite rapidly and we found ourselves having to make cuts, and that’s not easy because we’re cutting priorities that we acknowledge to be priorities, which is why we funded them in the first place,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This does not represent a change or diminishment of our long-term priority to significantly expand floodplains in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $40 million may be restored in the next budget cycle, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If fiscal conditions improve, and the general fund improves, it will be automatically restored,” he said. This could happen by what’s referred to as a fiscal trigger process, though it wouldn’t be until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office did not respond to questions about his cuts to floodplain funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A tale of two valleys\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Officials say vast differences in flood control infrastructure in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys illustrate the unequal investments in the two regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the Sacramento River, the vast Yolo Bypass, which covers tens of thousands of acres, is designed to take on floodwaters from the Sacramento River during and after storms. This helps ease pressure on the levees protecting Sacramento and ultimately reduces the risk of a devastating flood in the state’s capital. The smaller Sutter Bypass serves a similar function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A cloudy, blue sky rests on top of a calm river with healthy brush hugging the riverbend.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS51470_SacramentoDelta-5-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wetland marshes of Sherman Island on Threemile Slough, which is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, on the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The delta is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying freshwater to two-thirds of California’s population and millions of acres of farmland. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In comparison, the San Joaquin Valley lacks expansive areas where the river can sprawl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>River Partners is nearing completion on a 2,000-acre floodplain project called \u003ca href=\"https://riverpartners.org/project/dos-rios-ranch-preserve/\">Dos Rios Ranch Preserve\u003c/a> at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers. But Machado said other projects to restore the San Joaquin Valley’s floodplains have lagged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Yolo Bypass, which runs between Davis and Sacramento, is undergoing a substantial expansion, “there’s a proposal to do the same type of project on the San Joaquin River [that’s] never [been] finished,” he said. The \u003ca href=\"https://southdeltawater.org/paradise-cut-expansion\">Paradise Cut Bypass Expansion Project\u003c/a>, just upstream from Stockton, has not moved past the planning stage. (The project has not been fully funded and is not part of the budget cuts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been, like, 15 years in the making,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, an environmental justice group in Stockton. “We always lose on infrastructure funding here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://harder.house.gov/about\">Representative Josh Harder\u003c/a>, who represents parts of the Delta region and San Joaquin Valley in the House, said the proposed cuts endanger a region he called “one of the most vulnerable in the nation to severe flooding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now is not the time to cut critical funding for floodplain management or any other flood mitigation efforts,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://a13.asmdc.org/district-map\">Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua\u003c/a> said the defunded projects were already underway, making Newsom’s cuts even more devastating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve already moved the ball down the field,” said Villapudua, a Stockton Democrat. “The planning process takes a lot of time — man hours, labor hours. We understand that he (Newsom) needs to make cuts, but this is the one area he should not be taking money from, especially not right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 24, Villapudua’s office asked lawmakers to sign a letter pleading with the governor to restore the funding. The letter has not yet been sent to Newsom as Villapudua gathers more signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sometimes upsets me that he (Newsom) forgets about the Central Valley,” Villapudua said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of devastating flooding in the Central Valley is growing as levees age and erode. Climate change is a factor, too. In a paper published last summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995\">researchers warned that a large storm could drop 3 feet of rain in the Sierra Nevada over 30 days\u003c/a>, generating floods that cause “approximately $1 trillion in 2022 dollars, making it the most expensive geophysical disaster in global history to date.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is currently spending about a quarter of what it should be on the region’s flood measures, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley plan (PDF)\u003c/a> by Crowfoot’s agency. About $3.2 billion in state/federal funding over the next five years is needed to protect against catastrophic flooding in the region, while the state has spent just $250 million a year. “More investment is needed,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Stockton faces severe flooding risks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stockton, where 13% of its 322,000 people live in poverty and 45% are Latino, is grappling with the possibility of a devastating flood. Experts say much more protection is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta said at least 17,000 houses in Stockton near Van Buskirk Park are at particular risk of flooding. Nearby a community of unhoused people lives beside Mormon Slough, which nearly spilled over its levee in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That $40 million could have been used to finish up planning for floodplains from Merced all the way to Van Buskirk Park,” she said. “The more we can get floodplains back into use along the San Joaquin River system, the more we can keep people safe from flooding, especially in environmental justice communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rentner said the cut funding could have already opened up new floodplains to reduce impacts to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-floods-sacramento-valley/\">communities that were inundated in flood events since January\u003c/a>. The Stanislaus County dairy farm could have been purchased, partially restored and inundated by now “if we had access to these funds four months ago,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945151\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-scaled.jpg\" alt='A diamond-shaped, yellow sign reads \"Winding Levee Road.\" To the right of the sign, a body of water ripples as wind turbines spin in the background.' width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS5667_P1010931-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A levee in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. \u003ccite>(Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Elias, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjafca.org/Home/Components/StaffDirectory/StaffDirectory/14/55\">San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency\u003c/a>, said upgrading 23 miles of levees would protect almost half of the city’s 320,000 people. The agency is also studying ways to restore floodplains upstream, primarily with the long-awaited Paradise Cut expansion. This tract of land, when inundated, could reduce the river’s flood level by three feet in Stockton, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The levee upgrades and the floodplain work could cost a whopping $1.9 billion, Elias said. The federal government will probably cover most of the cost, while the state is likely to fund about one-quarter. (Newsom’s proposed budget does not eliminate any of that funding.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the work is still years away from completion, so Elias said restoring smaller parcels along the San Joaquin — like the many River Partners projects that had funding cut — could increase flood protection for Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Beyond flood control — wildlife and recreation, too\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Benefits of setting back, notching or removing levees go beyond flood protection. “The work creates jobs,” Flora said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floodplains also offer habitat for birds, fish and other wildlife, and restoring them is widely recognized as a key component of saving California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">declining salmon runs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the right soil types, flooded land can also create settling basins where water can sink into the ground, replenishing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater reserves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11945146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1650px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945146\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial shot of a serpentine-like river with farmland in various shades of green surrounding it.\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111.jpg 1650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS991_delta2-120111-1536x977.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Valley Delta. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also represent potential recreation opportunities. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://riverpartners.org/project/dos-rios-ranch-preserve/\">Dos Rios Ranch Preserve\u003c/a> is proposed to become a new state park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray, the former Assemblymember, said floodplain restoration is a rare type of public works projects that has bipartisan, almost universal, support because of the many benefits it provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a win for the environment, it’s a win for agriculture, it’s a win for public safety,” Gray said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#claimoutage\">How to get reimbursed after a power outage\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">recent run of storms in the Bay Area\u003c/a> has brought high winds and downed trees — which has meant a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of power outages for people across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One big way that losing power can affect you, your household \u003cem>and\u003c/em> your finances: When your fridge and your freezer shut down for an extended period, much of your fresh food ends up spoiled and unsafe to eat. \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">Food safety guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u003c/a> explicitly state that a refrigerator without power will only keep food safe to eat for up to four hours during a power outage, and that after that you should “discard refrigerated perishable food,” specifically meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when food costs keep rising and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do\">food benefits are about to drop\u003c/a>, losing a fridge or freezer’s worth of food can mean a serious loss for a home that’s trying to make every dollar stretch. If this happened to you, you’re by no means alone, says Mark Toney, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">The Utility Reform Network (TURN)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard a lot of complaints from people who, because of these storms, because the electricity lines have been brought down by trees, that absolutely — they were without power for a day, two days, and lost everything in their refrigerator,” said Toney. “What’s hard is … [holding] the utility company responsible for some of these weather events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the good news is, there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> avenues available to potentially claim back the costs of food you lost due to a shutoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The not-so-good news: These routes aren’t always simple or guaranteed to work. But they do exist, so keep reading for what you should know about trying to claim compensation for spoiled food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What you need to know about claiming the costs of spoiled food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can try to clam compensation from two sources:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>PG&E, your utility provider; or,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your insurance provider, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For claiming compensation, it matters what kind of outage you were affected by — that is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What caused the outage: whether it was a weather event, like a storm, or a mistake by PG&E; and,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How long the outage was.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, seeking compensation from either PG&E or your insurance provider may prove time-consuming and potentially confusing, and isn’t necessarily guaranteed to result in a payment. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Keep reading for the details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"claimoutage\">\u003c/a>How to claim compensation directly from PG&E\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>PG&E generally has \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/faq/outage-compensation-faqs.page\">two routes for getting compensated\u003c/a> for lost food during an outage: the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">regular claims process\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which automatically provides Storm Inconvenience Payments. The process you choose depends on what caused your outage and how long you were without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seeking compensation through Storm Inconvenience Payments from PG&E’s Safety Net program\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to PG&E, the Safety Net program is intended to compensate customers who experience outages caused by weather, through an automatic Storm Inconvenience Payment — but the outage \u003cem>must\u003c/em> have lasted 48 hours or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How it’s meant to work: PG&E says that if your household is affected by a power outage that lasts for two days or longer, its Safety Net program will pay “$25 to $100 automatically 60 to 120 days after the outage.”[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Tip: If you were affected by an outage of 48 hours or more, put a reminder on your calendar for four months’ time — by that time you should have received an automatic PG&E Storm Inconvenience Payment.[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should not have to do anything to receive this payment, or actively make a claim, but if four months have passed with no sign of your Storm Inconvenience Payment, you can call PG&E’s extended outage line at (888) PGE-4PGE (1-888-743-4743).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The payment is tiered according to how long your outage lasted, and your bill will be credited $25 for every 24-hour period you’ve been without power — but only after you’ve been without power for 24 hours:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>48–72 hours (i.e., 2–3 days): $25 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>72–96 hours (i.e., 3–4 days): $50 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>96–120 hours (i.e., 4–5 days): $75 payment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>120 hours or more (i.e., 5 days or longer): $100 payment, maximum\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Businesses, agricultural accounts, multifamily-building common areas, streetlights “and all other non-residential accounts” are not eligible to receive Storm Inconvenience Payments, even if the outage was 48 hour or longer. Clients who experienced what PG&E call a public safety power shutoff (PSPS) during a period of high wildfire risk also don’t qualify for these payments. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Read more about what’s \u003cem>not\u003c/em> covered by a Storm Inconvenience Payment\u003c/a> under PG&E’s Safety Net program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claiming compensation through PG&E’s regular claims process\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/customer-service/help/claims/form_lossclaim.pdf\">file a compensation claim for specific damages caused by a power outage using the form linked here (PDF)\u003c/a>. You can claim back the costs of spoiled food but also expenses related to a personal injury, property damage and lost wages. But according to PG&E, the outage \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> have been caused by weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This form states that “generally speaking, PG&E is responsible for damages that result from its negligence” but also adds that the company is “not responsible for damages that we do not cause or that are the result of forces beyond our control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s beyond PG&E’s control? According to the utility company, outages that are “caused by earthquakes [or] weather conditions (such as lightning, floods, heavy storms, extreme heat or winds).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Guides from KQED' tag='kqed-guides']\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">You can submit a claim to PG&E online, by email, by fax or by mail.\u003c/a> This process will ask you for a lot of documentation, including photographs of the spoiled food, so be sure to take photos before you toss anything. You’ll also be asked for receipts for the food. If you do not have receipts for all the food you lost, you \u003cem>could\u003c/em> try to submit the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Receipts for any replacement food you had to buy.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Screenshots from your grocery’s store website that shows the specific food items lost with their prices.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An online receipt, if you have a membership or an account with the store you purchased your food from that tracks your purchases (for example, Target Circle).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>PG&E says they assess food spoilage complaints based on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">USDA guidelines regarding how long food stays cold\u003c/a>. Those guidelines say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fully stocked freezers usually keep food frozen for two days after losing power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Half-full freezers usually keep food frozen for about one day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Refrigerators usually keep food cold for up to four hours if the door remains unopened.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This means that you probably won’t be able to claim compensation for, say, a half-full freezer that had no power for half a day — or for the contents of a fully stocked freezer that lost power for one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The outage that spoiled my food was during the storms, but it lasted less than 48 hours. What do I do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, PG&E does not provide a clear option for claiming compensation — even though those \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/08/18/avoid-foodborne-illness-during-temporary-power-outages#:~:text=4%2DHour%20Window%3A%20Your%20refrigerator,food%20to%20determine%20its%20safety.\">USDA food safety guidelines make clear that food in a refrigerator that’s been without power for over four hours\u003c/a> is no longer safe to eat, and perishable foods should be discarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, when asked to clarify whether someone affected by storm-related food spoilage should \u003cem>only\u003c/em> wait for a Storm Inconvenience Payment and not \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">apply for compensation through PG&E’s claims portal\u003c/a>, PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian told KQED in an email that “[w]e look at each and every claim that comes through, and make decisions on an individual basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this in mind, you may decide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">file a claim directly through PG&E’s claims portal anyway\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to claim compensation directly from your insurer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have renters insurance or homeowners insurance, your policy \u003cem>may\u003c/em> cover the loss of food due to an outage. Like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/customer-service/help/claims/claims.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_claim\">filing a claim directly through PG&E\u003c/a>, you’ll most likely have to provide documentation and evidence of food spoilage, so take photos of your food before you throw it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this isn’t guaranteed, and you’ll need to either contact your insurer directly to inquire, or consult your policy details.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Tip: Before you throw out food, be sure to take photos of it, in your fridge and outside it.[/pullquote]Mark Toney of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">TURN\u003c/a> also recommends being aware of the potential consequences of claiming for spoiled food on your insurance: Make sure you’re aware of the amount of the deductible you’d have to pay to receive a payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only that, but “just remember that there’s a trade-off,” cautions Toney. “Insurance companies have been known to increase premiums after a claim.\u003ci>“\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’ve lost your food due to outages and can’t buy more right now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your food has spoiled in your fridge or your freezer, and you are finding it difficult to replace it and secure food for your household, you have options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943420/your-calfresh-benefits-will-drop-in-april-heres-what-you-can-do#foodsupport\">our guide to finding food assistance near you\u003c/a>, from food banks and community pantries to options for picking up free or low-cost groceries in your county. 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If this happened to you, you’re by no means alone, says Mark Toney, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.turn.org/\">The Utility Reform Network (TURN)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard a lot of complaints from people who, because of these storms, because the electricity lines have been brought down by trees, that absolutely — they were without power for a day, two days, and lost everything in their refrigerator,” said Toney. “What’s hard is … [holding] the utility company responsible for some of these weather events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the good news is, there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> avenues available to potentially claim back the costs of food you lost due to a shutoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The not-so-good news: These routes aren’t always simple or guaranteed to work. But they do exist, so keep reading for what you should know about trying to claim compensation for spoiled food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What you need to know about claiming the costs of spoiled food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can try to clam compensation from two sources:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>PG&E, your utility provider; or,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your insurance provider, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For claiming compensation, it matters what kind of outage you were affected by — that is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What caused the outage: whether it was a weather event, like a storm, or a mistake by PG&E; and,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How long the outage was.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, seeking compensation from either PG&E or your insurance provider may prove time-consuming and potentially confusing, and isn’t necessarily guaranteed to result in a payment. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. 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Next door, a farm abandoned by another grower — one of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/02/emerald-triangle-cannabis-communities/\">dozens of cannabis businesses to shut down in Monterey County\u003c/a> in recent years — spawned another small river headed straight for Hackett and her skeleton crew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water completely stopped and backed up,” Hackett said. “I thought, ‘Holy s—, this is going to flood our greenhouses.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannabis businesses like Hackett’s — along with thousands of undocumented farmworkers and the area’s unhoused residents — fear they’ll be left to fend for themselves as yet another winter storm batters California’s Central Coast, local officials and advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented workers and cannabis businesses are, by law, ineligible for federally funded programs such as unemployment or aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now — after days of wind and rain and a Pajaro River levee failure flooded the area, displacing hundreds of people in Monterey County alone — details are lacking about how state officials would respond to calls to direct state funds and other disaster relief to these communities in the region known as \u003ca href=\"https://asmith.ucdavis.edu/news/whither-salinas-valley#:~:text=Salinas%20Valley%20grows%20almost%20half,over%2080%25%20of%20its%20artichokes.\">America’s salad bowl\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has stepped into the breach before, offering some \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/04/15/governor-newsom-announces-new-initiatives-to-support-california-workers-impacted-by-covid-19/\">support to undocumented workers\u003c/a> during the height of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/04/california-undocumented-immigrants/\">COVID-19 pandemic\u003c/a>, and to some cannabis farmers whose crops were \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/resources/disaster-relief-programs/\">damaged in wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an issue complicated by competing political priorities and a projected \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/12/california-budget-deficit-safety-net/\">$24 billion state budget deficit\u003c/a> for the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is scheduled to survey flood and storm damage in Monterey County on March 15, including the inundated farmworker town of Pajaro. He will be getting an update from local officials, a spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom planned his visit, many officials and advocates said they hope to hear how the state will help. 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Residents were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night after an atmospheric river storm surge broke the Pajaro levee and sent floodwaters flowing into the community. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to step up our efforts to help those who are undocumented and can’t earn a paycheck because of the current rains and floods,” said Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, a Democrat representing Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is co-sponsoring \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB227\">Senate Bill 227\u003c/a> to provide \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/california-safety-net/\">unemployment benefits\u003c/a> to undocumented Californians. About \u003ca href=\"https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fwhs_report_2.2.2383.pdf?_gl=1*pc2ynm*_ga*MTQ2ODM4OTYwMC4xNjc1Mzg4NTc3*_ga_TSE2LSBDQZ*MTY3ODg0OTMxNC4zLjEuMTY3ODg0OTMyMS41My4wLjA.\">6 in 10 farmworkers are not eligible for unemployment benefits (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santiago said the current situation is frustrating because he has advocated for years for more safety-net programs that could have helped families hurt by the flooding. If such legislation were in place, he said, “we’d be able to have a place where we could go get people some financial relief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles)\"]‘I think we need to step up our efforts to help those who are undocumented and can’t earn a paycheck because of the current rains and floods.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Robert Rivas of Salinas, chosen by his fellow Democrats to be the next Assembly Speaker, noted in a statement to CalMatters that undocumented workers typically don’t qualify for federal assistance funds for emergency housing, home repairs, personal property loss, funeral expenses and other aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My office, in collaboration with other legislative offices, is exploring immediate legislative and budget action to provide relief for these vulnerable communities,” Rivas said, noting that the workers also had been ineligible for many COVID-19 relief programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began filling some of that gap during the pandemic. Undocumented workers were eligible for $1,700 in state funds: a $500 COVID-19 disaster relief prepaid card and $1,200 from the Golden State Stimulus Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday afternoon, groups of people remained in tents along the flooded Pajaro River. Despite large federal and state housing budgets, many of those people don’t have homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many farmworker families in the flooded region are undocumented, from Indigenous groups, and don’t speak either English or Spanish well, said Eloy Ortiz, board member for the Watsonville-based \u003ca href=\"https://farmworkerfamily.org/board-of-directors\">Center for Farmworker Families\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That complicates attempts to apply for assistance on behalf of the legal residents in their household. Some were rejected when they applied for aid in January, Ortiz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The folks who have been flooded out, if it were a normal year, they’d be starting to go back to the fields to work right now,” Ortiz said. “And now they will probably not be able to go back for months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='California Storm Coverage' tag='california-storm']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 20,000 acres of agricultural land in Monterey County will likely sit fallow because of stormwater contamination, noted Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo, a former Assembly member from Watsonville, in a tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are low-income Latino families, and the start of the harvest season for strawberries, raspberries and other crops is in March. Now farmworkers will be out of work,” he wrote Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I urge our state leaders to provide aid in the state budget for undocumented flood victims who do not qualify for FEMA assistance & additional relief for farmworkers who will be out of work due to flooded ag fields and not qualifying for unemployment insurance,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The financial pain they will face will be severe & prolonged!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 8,500 people were under flood evacuation warnings in Monterey County over the weekend. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/shelters-available-for-residents-impacted-by-march-storms-03-14-23/\">reported that more than 300 people had stayed in five shelters across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties\u003c/a> Monday night, the vast majority taking shelter at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SupervisorAlejo/status/1635917913394937857\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Salinas, Hackett, 32, said her choice was simple as the storm bore down: save herself, or say goodbye to a crop that has already weathered a steep drop in prices and other industry pressures. At least 56 cannabis businesses have closed in Monterey County in recent years, according to a recent estimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the water rose Friday morning, Hackett and her team who normally would be busy trimming plants or readying retail products instead shut down early to reinforce storm ditches and forge cement slabs into an impromptu flood wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, as another storm knocked out power at her two adjacent 10-acre farms, Hackett said she is unaware of any aid available for cannabis businesses affected by flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ideally if we were any other business, we would have immediately had help,” Hackett said. “Whether it be the county, whether it be the state — someone needs to be held accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longer term, Hackett said she fears climate change and economic obstacles will point her industry toward the same downward trajectory that wiped out many of the flower growers who once thrived in the same Monterey County greenhouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943673\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of bright green cannabis plants inside a greenhouse during the daytime.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inside of a cannabis greenhouse. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She isn’t alone in her frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joey Espinoza, a Salinas-raised cannabis compliance consultant, said several of his clients were directly affected by floodwaters, including one grower who had to evacuate plants from a flooded greenhouse. Even while the ground was still muddy, he said, many cannabis farmers have turned their attention to other pressing challenges in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cannabis remains illegal at the national level, Espinoza said, local growers shut out of federal financial aid are now confronting storm damage after a collapse in cannabis prices and while facing a tight deadline to apply for new state licenses by the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry advocates say\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/02/emerald-triangle-cannabis-communities/\"> the economic turmoil\u003c/a> stems from a mix of overproduction of legal and illegal cannabis, as well as ever-changing taxes and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s layers of issues with all of this,” Espinoza said. “And the thing to remember is, there’s not gonna be a lot of relief for cannabis in terms of FEMA and things like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was unclear exactly what the state might do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Cannabis Control told CalMatters that, under current state law, \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/resources/disaster-relief-programs/\">cannabis businesses affected by disasters may apply for temporary waivers of license requirements\u003c/a> if they become unable to meet regulatory requirements. State \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/applicants/application-resources/\">licensing rules\u003c/a> govern everything from sometimes-costly infrastructure requirements to the way products are transported and secured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and aim to provide regulatory relief to licensees for impacts related to issues including flooding,” said David Hafner, department spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past the \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/2021/09/disaster-relief-for-cannabis-businesses-affected-by-fires/\">department has offered support for cannabis growers\u003c/a> affected by wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few lawmakers voiced ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, some residents took matters into their own hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabino Orozco Avila was getting ready to serve dinner to neighbors gathered on a walkway above the rushing Pajaro River late Tuesday afternoon, a stone’s throw from his daughter’s home in Pajaro. While his daughter remained evacuated, Avila, owner of a longtime food business, Tacos Los Jacona — a nod to his Michoacán hometown — had prepared carne asada, rice and beans for the community that had long supported him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that people need me,” he said in Spanish, “I’ll be here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented workers and cannabis businesses are, by law, ineligible for federally funded programs such as unemployment or aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now — after days of wind and rain and a Pajaro River levee failure flooded the area, displacing hundreds of people in Monterey County alone — details are lacking about how state officials would respond to calls to direct state funds and other disaster relief to these communities in the region known as \u003ca href=\"https://asmith.ucdavis.edu/news/whither-salinas-valley#:~:text=Salinas%20Valley%20grows%20almost%20half,over%2080%25%20of%20its%20artichokes.\">America’s salad bowl\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has stepped into the breach before, offering some \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/04/15/governor-newsom-announces-new-initiatives-to-support-california-workers-impacted-by-covid-19/\">support to undocumented workers\u003c/a> during the height of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/04/california-undocumented-immigrants/\">COVID-19 pandemic\u003c/a>, and to some cannabis farmers whose crops were \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/resources/disaster-relief-programs/\">damaged in wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an issue complicated by competing political priorities and a projected \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/12/california-budget-deficit-safety-net/\">$24 billion state budget deficit\u003c/a> for the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is scheduled to survey flood and storm damage in Monterey County on March 15, including the inundated farmworker town of Pajaro. He will be getting an update from local officials, a spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom planned his visit, many officials and advocates said they hope to hear how the state will help. A few lawmakers said they’re exploring legislative options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view shows many buildings, homes, streets and cars flooded with brown water.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1430\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-800x447.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-1020x570.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-160x89.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-2048x1144.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/GettyImages-1248040438-1920x1072.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in Watsonville, on March 11, 2023. Residents were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night after an atmospheric river storm surge broke the Pajaro levee and sent floodwaters flowing into the community. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to step up our efforts to help those who are undocumented and can’t earn a paycheck because of the current rains and floods,” said Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, a Democrat representing Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is co-sponsoring \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB227\">Senate Bill 227\u003c/a> to provide \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/california-safety-net/\">unemployment benefits\u003c/a> to undocumented Californians. About \u003ca href=\"https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fwhs_report_2.2.2383.pdf?_gl=1*pc2ynm*_ga*MTQ2ODM4OTYwMC4xNjc1Mzg4NTc3*_ga_TSE2LSBDQZ*MTY3ODg0OTMxNC4zLjEuMTY3ODg0OTMyMS41My4wLjA.\">6 in 10 farmworkers are not eligible for unemployment benefits (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santiago said the current situation is frustrating because he has advocated for years for more safety-net programs that could have helped families hurt by the flooding. If such legislation were in place, he said, “we’d be able to have a place where we could go get people some financial relief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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At least 56 cannabis businesses have closed in Monterey County in recent years, according to a recent estimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the water rose Friday morning, Hackett and her team who normally would be busy trimming plants or readying retail products instead shut down early to reinforce storm ditches and forge cement slabs into an impromptu flood wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, as another storm knocked out power at her two adjacent 10-acre farms, Hackett said she is unaware of any aid available for cannabis businesses affected by flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ideally if we were any other business, we would have immediately had help,” Hackett said. “Whether it be the county, whether it be the state — someone needs to be held accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longer term, Hackett said she fears climate change and economic obstacles will point her industry toward the same downward trajectory that wiped out many of the flower growers who once thrived in the same Monterey County greenhouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943673\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of bright green cannabis plants inside a greenhouse during the daytime.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS21243_Grow-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The inside of a cannabis greenhouse. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She isn’t alone in her frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joey Espinoza, a Salinas-raised cannabis compliance consultant, said several of his clients were directly affected by floodwaters, including one grower who had to evacuate plants from a flooded greenhouse. Even while the ground was still muddy, he said, many cannabis farmers have turned their attention to other pressing challenges in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cannabis remains illegal at the national level, Espinoza said, local growers shut out of federal financial aid are now confronting storm damage after a collapse in cannabis prices and while facing a tight deadline to apply for new state licenses by the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry advocates say\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/02/emerald-triangle-cannabis-communities/\"> the economic turmoil\u003c/a> stems from a mix of overproduction of legal and illegal cannabis, as well as ever-changing taxes and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s layers of issues with all of this,” Espinoza said. “And the thing to remember is, there’s not gonna be a lot of relief for cannabis in terms of FEMA and things like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was unclear exactly what the state might do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Cannabis Control told CalMatters that, under current state law, \u003ca href=\"https://cannabis.ca.gov/resources/disaster-relief-programs/\">cannabis businesses affected by disasters may apply for temporary waivers of license requirements\u003c/a> if they become unable to meet regulatory requirements. 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While his daughter remained evacuated, Avila, owner of a longtime food business, Tacos Los Jacona — a nod to his Michoacán hometown — had prepared carne asada, rice and beans for the community that had long supported him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that people need me,” he said in Spanish, “I’ll be here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two winters’ worth of snow has already fallen in the Sierra Nevada since Christmas, pulling California from the depths of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-drought-snow-rain/\">extreme drought\u003c/a> into one of its wettest winters in memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a series of tropical storms slams the state, that bounty has become a flood risk as warm rains fall on the state’s record snowpack, causing rapid melting and jeopardizing Central Valley towns still soggy from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-floods-sacramento-valley/\">January’s deluges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expected surge of mountain runoff forced state officials on Wednesday to open the “floodgates” of Lake Oroville and other large reservoirs that store water for millions of Southern Californians and Central Valley farms. Releasing the water will make room for the storm’s water and melted snow, prevent the reservoirs from flooding local communities — and send more water downstream, into San Francisco Bay. The increased flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could help \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/\">endangered salmon\u003c/a> migrate to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s the downside? These same storms are prematurely melting a deep and valuable snowpack that ideally would last later into the spring and summer, when farmers and cities need water the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms have created a tricky situation for officials who manage state and federal reservoirs in California, since they have to juggle the risk of flooding Central Valley communities with the risk of letting too much water go from reservoirs. They must strike a balance between holding enough water in storage, as long as they can, while maintaining room in reservoirs for more water later in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water management in California is complicated, and it’s made even more complex during these challenging climate conditions where we see swings between very, very dry, very, very wet, back to dry. We’re now back into wet,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11938251 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62026_GettyImages-1455813510-qut-800x533.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=sto&fcst_timeframe=0¤t_color=all¤t_type=all&fcst_type=obs&conus_map=d_map¢er_point_lat=37.344684825174724¢er_point_lon=-121.66994459472116&default_zoom=8&marker=false\">Rivers in the San Joaquin Valley are forecast to flood today or Saturday.\u003c/a> Eleven locations are expected to reach flood stage, although no “danger stage” flooding is anticipated, according to Jeremy Arrich, deputy director of the Division of Flood Management with the Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make room for more water, state and federal officials who manage California’s major dams and reservoirs are releasing water. Some will flow into the ocean — which aggravates many water managers, Central Valley legislators and growers, who often say freshwater that reaches the bay or ocean is wasted. However, efforts are underway to divert much of the released water into \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater storage basins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the Department of Water Resources \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Mar-23/Update-on-Lake-Oroville-Operations\">increased outflow of water from Oroville\u003c/a> from about 1,000 cubic feet per second to 3,500 cubic feet per second. By Friday, total releases could be as high as 15,000 cubic feet per second, according to Ted Craddock, deputy director of the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oroville is now more than 75% full, containing 2.7 million acre-feet of water — up from less than 1 million in the beginning of December. In spite of releases, the reservoir’s level will keep rising. Craddock said inflow in the next five days could hit 70,000 cubic feet per second. That’s about half a million gallons of water per second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11943221 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side satellite images of a green landscape, with green water in the middle. The lake is not round but rather L-shaped, with the largest area pooling at the fulcrum. Whereas the picture on the left shows an outline of brown shoreline, the picture on the right shows much more green water and a significantly smaller brown shoreline.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite images show how January storms boosted water levels in parched Lake Oroville, one of the state’s largest reservoirs. State officials released water from the reservoir this week in anticipation of another major storm. \u003ccite>(NASA Earth Observatory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2017 Oroville’s levels reached so high that the \u003ca href=\"https://damfailures.org/case-study/oroville-dam-california-2017/\">overflow water damaged its spillway\u003c/a>. An emergency spillway had to be used, eroding a hillside and triggering evacuation of about 200,000 people in nearby communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a similar operational move for Millerton Lake, the reservoir behind Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River, which supplies water to growers throughout the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-day rainfall totals will be “quite astounding” and “will lead to some really significant runoff,” said State Climatologist Michael Anderson. More storms are expected next week and later in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Craddock, DWR Deputy Director for the State Water Project, being interviewed by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobMarciano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobMarciano\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC\u003c/a> on releasing water from the main spillway at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrovilleDam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OrovilleDam\u003c/a>. This is the second time the new spillway has been used – the first time was in April 2019. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/iWNfYWPNkD\">pic.twitter.com/iWNfYWPNkD\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CA – DWR (@CA_DWR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CA_DWR/status/1634336843134291969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-rain-on-snow\">Rain on snow\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today’s storm is creating what watershed scientists and weather watchers call a “rain on snow” event. Earlier this winter, freezing elevations hovered as low as 3,000 feet, meaning precipitation above that fell as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has changed, Anderson said. Freezing levels have risen to as high as 7,000 feet in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, where the bulk of the snowpack has accumulated. A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HNX&issuedby=HNX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1\">National Weather Service forecast\u003c/a> shows freezing elevations even higher, at 9,000 feet, and warned that “snow will melt easily below 5,000 feet,” since it is already approaching the melting point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say the premature snowmelt from this storm likely won’t have much effect on supplies this spring and summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This winter, there has been an accumulation of snow at lower to mid-level elevations, which will experience melt during this storm and will generate runoff into foothill and valley communities,” said David Rizzardo, manager of the state water agency’s hydrology section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"John Abatzoglou, climatology professor, UC Merced\"]‘As you add liquid to the snowpack, it gets denser, it gets warm, and it gets more apt to melt when the next storm comes.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, at higher elevations, where the vast majority of the snowpack is, we will not experience significant melt. Even with higher snow levels above 8,000 feet in these storms, we still anticipate seeing additional snow accumulation at the higher elevations that will add to our snowpack totals, especially in the southern Sierra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, a UC Merced professor of climatology, said deep, soft snow has the physical capacity to absorb a great deal of rain. The snow may even freeze the rain, rather than vice versa, effectively increasing the snowpack volume, at least for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you add liquid to the snowpack, it gets denser, it gets warm, and it gets more apt to melt when the next storm comes,” he said, noting that more atmospheric river events are coming next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-water-dashboard.netlify.app/graphics/reservoir?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_water-dashboard__reservoirs&parentTitle=California%20storms%20create%20paradox%3A%20Too%20much%20water%20in%20reservoirs%2C%20too%20soon%20%E2%80%93%20CalMatters%20Network&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.network%2F2023%2F03%2F10%2Fcalifornia-storms-create-paradox-too-much-water-in-reservoirs-too-soon%2F\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"1815px\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-diverting-underground\">Diverting underground\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the latest storms flood river valleys, state regulators have taken action to capture as much stormwater as possible before it flows into the ocean and use it to recharge groundwater basins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board approved a petition from the Bureau of Reclamation to divert 600,000 acre-feet of San Joaquin Valley floodwater into wildlife refuges and groundwater recharge basins. 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However, efforts are underway to divert much of the released water into \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">depleted groundwater storage basins\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the Department of Water Resources \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2023/Mar-23/Update-on-Lake-Oroville-Operations\">increased outflow of water from Oroville\u003c/a> from about 1,000 cubic feet per second to 3,500 cubic feet per second. By Friday, total releases could be as high as 15,000 cubic feet per second, according to Ted Craddock, deputy director of the State Water Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oroville is now more than 75% full, containing 2.7 million acre-feet of water — up from less than 1 million in the beginning of December. In spite of releases, the reservoir’s level will keep rising. Craddock said inflow in the next five days could hit 70,000 cubic feet per second. That’s about half a million gallons of water per second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11943221 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side satellite images of a green landscape, with green water in the middle. The lake is not round but rather L-shaped, with the largest area pooling at the fulcrum. Whereas the picture on the left shows an outline of brown shoreline, the picture on the right shows much more green water and a significantly smaller brown shoreline.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/CalMattersStormIngest01-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite images show how January storms boosted water levels in parched Lake Oroville, one of the state’s largest reservoirs. State officials released water from the reservoir this week in anticipation of another major storm. \u003ccite>(NASA Earth Observatory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2017 Oroville’s levels reached so high that the \u003ca href=\"https://damfailures.org/case-study/oroville-dam-california-2017/\">overflow water damaged its spillway\u003c/a>. An emergency spillway had to be used, eroding a hillside and triggering evacuation of about 200,000 people in nearby communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a similar operational move for Millerton Lake, the reservoir behind Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River, which supplies water to growers throughout the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-day rainfall totals will be “quite astounding” and “will lead to some really significant runoff,” said State Climatologist Michael Anderson. More storms are expected next week and later in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Craddock, DWR Deputy Director for the State Water Project, being interviewed by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobMarciano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobMarciano\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC\u003c/a> on releasing water from the main spillway at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrovilleDam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OrovilleDam\u003c/a>. This is the second time the new spillway has been used – the first time was in April 2019. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/iWNfYWPNkD\">pic.twitter.com/iWNfYWPNkD\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CA – DWR (@CA_DWR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CA_DWR/status/1634336843134291969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-rain-on-snow\">Rain on snow\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today’s storm is creating what watershed scientists and weather watchers call a “rain on snow” event. Earlier this winter, freezing elevations hovered as low as 3,000 feet, meaning precipitation above that fell as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has changed, Anderson said. Freezing levels have risen to as high as 7,000 feet in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, where the bulk of the snowpack has accumulated. A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HNX&issuedby=HNX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1\">National Weather Service forecast\u003c/a> shows freezing elevations even higher, at 9,000 feet, and warned that “snow will melt easily below 5,000 feet,” since it is already approaching the melting point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say the premature snowmelt from this storm likely won’t have much effect on supplies this spring and summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This winter, there has been an accumulation of snow at lower to mid-level elevations, which will experience melt during this storm and will generate runoff into foothill and valley communities,” said David Rizzardo, manager of the state water agency’s hydrology section.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However, at higher elevations, where the vast majority of the snowpack is, we will not experience significant melt. Even with higher snow levels above 8,000 feet in these storms, we still anticipate seeing additional snow accumulation at the higher elevations that will add to our snowpack totals, especially in the southern Sierra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, a UC Merced professor of climatology, said deep, soft snow has the physical capacity to absorb a great deal of rain. The snow may even freeze the rain, rather than vice versa, effectively increasing the snowpack volume, at least for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you add liquid to the snowpack, it gets denser, it gets warm, and it gets more apt to melt when the next storm comes,” he said, noting that more atmospheric river events are coming next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-water-dashboard.netlify.app/graphics/reservoir?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_water-dashboard__reservoirs&parentTitle=California%20storms%20create%20paradox%3A%20Too%20much%20water%20in%20reservoirs%2C%20too%20soon%20%E2%80%93%20CalMatters%20Network&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.network%2F2023%2F03%2F10%2Fcalifornia-storms-create-paradox-too-much-water-in-reservoirs-too-soon%2F\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"1815px\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-diverting-underground\">Diverting underground\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the latest storms flood river valleys, state regulators have taken action to capture as much stormwater as possible before it flows into the ocean and use it to recharge groundwater basins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board approved a petition from the Bureau of Reclamation to divert 600,000 acre-feet of San Joaquin Valley floodwater into wildlife refuges and groundwater recharge basins. Diversions can begin on March 15 and continue until July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the time it takes for water to reach the downstream point of diversion at Mendota Dam, the approval period will allow for floodwater capture following storms expected this weekend,” the water board explained in a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action is intended in part to help meet Gov. Gavin Newsom’s goal of increasing groundwater storage by over 500,000 acre-feet per year, spelled out in his \u003ca href=\"https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUeFsJD-2BoNEazZLyS0q-2BLWbLNOkUwYXgySahIh8SvNkxRwYMcuvIF8rKx36Gm8usE4cgDcBiShsumKP8Y7U3Re3FoWLcUkMt3qrZiwsUJ6E-2F3LU3cJs0m-2BKP-2FN0RkB5lXWw2gapBT1xcesTG0IPzxrUw-3DSvM9_vzgePtGfZsjUSCqY3X2eA3AGhj2Z3O8hftAJhWEG-2ByM0ahjx1CjKR23n2kejrgw6RrcdCWIviKIMxeUXC3Lp7sO-2BAURivYMUFU2R3JEGckshHNKgZ1PFbbLFMnLV0YUyU-2FTUzFUTIj-2B-2FlxNp6bKp-2BLFP1LXjVNCub7mPWvccLOGJB5G5LBSdew9YNmFZIzFfkKWWiM5hKPxml4ulyByj2TPq3hiMPYh8YGRsQaPv1L720RQlv9GsUk3fC6-2BVO5aVKmoO7wM6NXiu8-2FP9RUcNd5heyRonv8BUvwdWovWNE8Pk0Q-2FKqECvMRRKzSGlDOAZwqogl55U9Ry4AFkjb0Je7ZgfeBuf9bjP-2FTiA-2BCLfqTE-3D\">Water Supply Strategy (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>released last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But environmental groups protested the water board’s action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greg Reis, hydrologist with The Bay Institute, said it will allow the bureau to divert all of the San Joaquin River except for 300 cubic feet per second — what he calls “a very, very small” amount of water. Floodwaters, he said, are important for ecosystem function and survival of fish, including threatened spring-run Chinook salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He compared floodwaters in a river to a person’s increased pulse when they exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t get your heart rate up when you exercise, you don’t get the health benefits,” he said. “Same thing for a river. You’ve got to get the flows up, and the 300 cubic feet per second is certainly not adequate for a river like the San Joaquin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget would cut funding for coastal resilience projects almost in half, eliminating more than half a billion dollars of state funds this year that would help protect the coast against rising seas and climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts are part of Newsom’s proposed $6 billion in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-climate-budget/\">reductions to California’s climate change programs\u003c/a> in response to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">projected $22.5 billion statewide deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s coastal resilience programs provide funding for local governments to prepare coastal plans and pay for projects that protect beaches, homes and infrastructure at risk from rising seas. Greenhouse gases are responsible for warming the planet, which melts ice and causes sea levels to rise.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sen. Josh Becker\"]‘I’m very concerned about it, given the timing that we are experiencing these floods. My county is among the most endangered in the state for sea level rise.’[/pullquote]Newsom’s proposal would budget \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692#Coastal_Resilience\">$734 million\u003c/a> for coastal resilience, a cut of 43% or $561 million compared to 2021 and 2022, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some lawmakers told CalMatters that they are concerned about Newsom’s proposal to gut the programs that are helping coastal towns prepare for flooding that has already damaged many communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Josh Becker, who chairs the Senate’s budget subcommittee, called the cuts “highly concerning,” especially because they are excessive compared to the cuts applied to other state programs.[aside postID=\"news_11937772,news_11937658\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“Most programs received 10% cuts,” Becker, a Democrat from San Mateo, said in an interview. “I’m very concerned about it, given the timing that we are experiencing these floods. My county is among the most endangered in the state for sea level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker said he hopes to restore some of the money, possibly by finding federal funds to backfill some programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are dramatic cuts to something we agreed upon, and I’m going to try to get it back,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">Newsom’s budget\u003c/a>, released on Jan. 10, is not final, with revisions due in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say there’s a lot at stake if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/rising-seas/\">sea level rise\u003c/a> and coastal projects are not addressed now. Last month the state Department of Transportation, Caltrans, released a \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/asset-management/documents/2023_shsmp_draft_02-09-2023_1000.pdf\">draft management plan (PDF)\u003c/a> estimating that it needs nearly $15 billion over the next 10 years to protect bridges and roads from sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2020 report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office projects that \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261\">more than $20 billion worth of California property will be at risk or underwater by 2050\u003c/a> without planning and funding. “Waiting too long to initiate adaptation efforts likely will make responding effectively more difficult and costly … . The next decade represents a crucial time period for taking action to prepare for” sea level rise, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692#Coastal_Resilience\">funding on the chopping block\u003c/a> is in the form of grants to local governments to fund projects and planning. Included is $64 million for cities to prepare extensive management plans to prepare for sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Helmer, director of environmental and natural resources for the city of Imperial Beach, said, “If the state cuts adaptation projects, that would be a concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial Beach received about $200,000 to prepare a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/04/california-coast-rising-seas-climate-change/\">draft sea level rise plan\u003c/a>, he said. It also has a grant pending with the Ocean Protection Council for another project to protect the city from encroaching seas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s no money, that’s a major concern for us,” Helmer said. January’s storm exacerbated already massive flooding issues, he said. Waves broke on city streets, sand was driven well past the beach and rocks were thrown through residents’ windows. The cleanup took two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up the coast in Ventura, recent storms also undermined beachfront infrastructure and proved the value of a project at \u003ca href=\"https://toolkit.climate.gov/case-studies/restoring-surfers-point-partnerships-persistence-pays\">Surfers Point\u003c/a>, partially funded by a $1.6 million state grant, which relocated a parking lot and bike path away from the water and protected the beach with a “living shoreline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second phase of that project is contingent on a $16.2 million grant application with the state. The timeline to begin is this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cody Stults, the city’s associate engineer, said he is optimistic that the grant would survive the cuts, but added there is no way the city could afford to pay for the next phase of the Surfers Point project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can’t get the money, I can almost guarantee that the work will not be going through this winter,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the statewide programs with deep proposed cuts are protecting the coast from climate change, with a 65% cut; adapting infrastructure to sea level rise, a 74% cut; and implementing SB 1, a 63% cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20210923-governor-newsom-signs-senate-leader-atkins%E2%80%99-historic-sb-1-%E2%80%93-sea-level-rise-mitigation\">SB 1\u003c/a> provides funding for much of the state’s sea level rise response. The author, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, said the threat is more urgent now than when the 2021 law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intent of SB 1 was to empower communities to work to find solutions at the local level to address sea level rise in partnership with the state,” the San Diego Democrat said in a statement to CalMatters. “While we are facing challenging times, the past decade of responsible budgeting has prepared the state to withstand a downturn without devastating cuts to critical programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In testimony before the Legislature last week, Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot characterized the governor’s proposed cuts as “surgical.” When pressed to explain how the administration prioritized programs that would be trimmed, he said the focus was on addressing “clear and present danger.” He identified wildfire and water projects as posing a direct and immediate threat to Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists said the governor’s proposal to cut climate funding is shortsighted: Rising seas are often described as a “slow-moving disaster,” as the most devastating impacts are projected to show up in coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level rise is here,” said Laura Walsh, California policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation. While wildfires are a “huge deal and we don’t want to compare sob stories, at this particular moment, living on the coast feels like an emergency. This is not belt-tightening, this is drowning,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed the cuts right when California was lashed with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/weather/california-flooding-atmospheric-river-wednesday/index.html\">damaging series of atmospheric river storms\u003c/a>, flooding and high surf, which was proof enough that sea level rise is already harming the state, said Donne Brownsey, chair of the California Coastal Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownsey didn’t criticize the governor’s proposed cuts. But she said she hoped they would be reevaluated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we saw in January was the trailer for the movie. That’s the way it’s going to roll,” she said. “We’re hopeful that given what happened — all the flooding and damage up and down the coastline — we are hoping there will be a reevaluation of these programs. It’s not a future problem. It’s today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownsey and others noted that past budgets have been generous, but also that their programs are increasingly under pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have unprecedented amounts of funding to make these investments. The state is committed,” said Jenn Eckerle, deputy secretary for oceans and coastal policy and executive director of the state’s Ocean Protection Council. “But we also know impacts are happening now and we know they are only going to get more extreme over time. We also recognize that failure to invest in planning now can lead to significant costs later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot told the Senate budget panel that state agencies have been scouring federal programs for money to backfill state funding losses. About $4 billion in new federal money is set aside for coastal resilience projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration floated the idea of a general obligation bond to make up for the cuts, and a “trigger” provision that would restore funding if the revenue picture brightens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Rachel Ehlers of the Legislative Analyst’s Office told the Senate subcommittee that expecting revenues to rebound is “optimistic.” She said there is a strong chance that the deficit will grow.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Most programs received 10% cuts,” Becker, a Democrat from San Mateo, said in an interview. “I’m very concerned about it, given the timing that we are experiencing these floods. My county is among the most endangered in the state for sea level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker said he hopes to restore some of the money, possibly by finding federal funds to backfill some programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are dramatic cuts to something we agreed upon, and I’m going to try to get it back,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-budget/2023/01/california-budget-newsom-deficit/\">Newsom’s budget\u003c/a>, released on Jan. 10, is not final, with revisions due in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say there’s a lot at stake if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/rising-seas/\">sea level rise\u003c/a> and coastal projects are not addressed now. Last month the state Department of Transportation, Caltrans, released a \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/asset-management/documents/2023_shsmp_draft_02-09-2023_1000.pdf\">draft management plan (PDF)\u003c/a> estimating that it needs nearly $15 billion over the next 10 years to protect bridges and roads from sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2020 report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office projects that \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261\">more than $20 billion worth of California property will be at risk or underwater by 2050\u003c/a> without planning and funding. “Waiting too long to initiate adaptation efforts likely will make responding effectively more difficult and costly … . The next decade represents a crucial time period for taking action to prepare for” sea level rise, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692#Coastal_Resilience\">funding on the chopping block\u003c/a> is in the form of grants to local governments to fund projects and planning. Included is $64 million for cities to prepare extensive management plans to prepare for sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Helmer, director of environmental and natural resources for the city of Imperial Beach, said, “If the state cuts adaptation projects, that would be a concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial Beach received about $200,000 to prepare a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/04/california-coast-rising-seas-climate-change/\">draft sea level rise plan\u003c/a>, he said. It also has a grant pending with the Ocean Protection Council for another project to protect the city from encroaching seas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s no money, that’s a major concern for us,” Helmer said. January’s storm exacerbated already massive flooding issues, he said. Waves broke on city streets, sand was driven well past the beach and rocks were thrown through residents’ windows. The cleanup took two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up the coast in Ventura, recent storms also undermined beachfront infrastructure and proved the value of a project at \u003ca href=\"https://toolkit.climate.gov/case-studies/restoring-surfers-point-partnerships-persistence-pays\">Surfers Point\u003c/a>, partially funded by a $1.6 million state grant, which relocated a parking lot and bike path away from the water and protected the beach with a “living shoreline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second phase of that project is contingent on a $16.2 million grant application with the state. The timeline to begin is this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cody Stults, the city’s associate engineer, said he is optimistic that the grant would survive the cuts, but added there is no way the city could afford to pay for the next phase of the Surfers Point project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can’t get the money, I can almost guarantee that the work will not be going through this winter,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the statewide programs with deep proposed cuts are protecting the coast from climate change, with a 65% cut; adapting infrastructure to sea level rise, a 74% cut; and implementing SB 1, a 63% cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20210923-governor-newsom-signs-senate-leader-atkins%E2%80%99-historic-sb-1-%E2%80%93-sea-level-rise-mitigation\">SB 1\u003c/a> provides funding for much of the state’s sea level rise response. The author, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, said the threat is more urgent now than when the 2021 law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intent of SB 1 was to empower communities to work to find solutions at the local level to address sea level rise in partnership with the state,” the San Diego Democrat said in a statement to CalMatters. “While we are facing challenging times, the past decade of responsible budgeting has prepared the state to withstand a downturn without devastating cuts to critical programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In testimony before the Legislature last week, Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot characterized the governor’s proposed cuts as “surgical.” When pressed to explain how the administration prioritized programs that would be trimmed, he said the focus was on addressing “clear and present danger.” He identified wildfire and water projects as posing a direct and immediate threat to Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists said the governor’s proposal to cut climate funding is shortsighted: Rising seas are often described as a “slow-moving disaster,” as the most devastating impacts are projected to show up in coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sea level rise is here,” said Laura Walsh, California policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation. While wildfires are a “huge deal and we don’t want to compare sob stories, at this particular moment, living on the coast feels like an emergency. This is not belt-tightening, this is drowning,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed the cuts right when California was lashed with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/weather/california-flooding-atmospheric-river-wednesday/index.html\">damaging series of atmospheric river storms\u003c/a>, flooding and high surf, which was proof enough that sea level rise is already harming the state, said Donne Brownsey, chair of the California Coastal Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownsey didn’t criticize the governor’s proposed cuts. But she said she hoped they would be reevaluated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we saw in January was the trailer for the movie. 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"content": "\u003cp>On New Year’s Eve, Carla Villalta and her husband, Denyss, were ready to celebrate with their family, but an atmospheric river was dumping outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rheem Creek, next to their eggshell-colored one-story home in the unincorporated Rollingwood neighborhood of San Pablo, overflowed onto their street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like a river, and then it started coming here inside our garage,” Villalta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They frantically moved their cars to higher ground as water crept toward their doorstep. It soon began seeping through the foundation of their house, and filling the crawl space beneath it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the family of four moved here two years ago, purchasing their first house, they didn’t realize it was located in a part of Contra Costa County that regularly floods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps, the neighborhood is marked as an “AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD,” which means homeowners here aren’t required to purchase flood insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ezraromero/status/1613998745829666817\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Villalta’s experience in this neighborhood near I-80, wedged between Richmond and San Pablo, certainly doesn’t correspond with that map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New Year’s storm marked the second instance the creek had spilled onto their street in the short time they’d been living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this latest round of storms finally over, the family is still assessing the damage to their home and trying to determine whether their limited home insurance plan will cover any of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villalta says she’s now on the hunt for a good flood insurance plan she can afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=:\"related coverage\" tag=\"flood-insurance\"]“That’s going to be the No. 1 thing we’re working on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms that recently pummeled California hit places like Rollingwood and other low-lying, predominantly lower-income communities of color particularly hard, where few homeowners have flood insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while homeowners insurance may cover property damage from rain and wind, it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937459/does-your-insurance-plan-cover-flood-and-storm-damage\">rarely covers damages caused by flooding\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its neutral designation on FEMA maps, the \u003ca href=\"https://riskfactor.com/property/2977-greenwood-dr-san-pablo-ca-94806/605368029_fsid/flood\">Rollingwood neighborhood’s flood risk is labeled “severe”\u003c/a> on the online tool Risk Factor, which predicts there is a 99% chance of floodwaters reaching most homes at least once within the next 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Cisneros, a neighbor who has lived along Rheem Creek for roughly two decades, says floodwaters have encircled her home on a near-yearly basis — including twice during the recent storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really scary for me because if it continues to rain anymore, we may have to evacuate our house,” she said, midway through the three-week inundation earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathleen Schaefer, who oversaw the creation of FEMA’s insurance maps for California five years ago, says residents of unincorporated areas often feel stuck because they “lack the infrastructure to deal with these storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with atmospheric river storms expected to dump increasingly more rain — making the Bay Area as much as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">37% wetter\u003c/a> by the end of the century, according to some predictions — Schaefer strongly urges people in places like Rollingwood to buy flood insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the problem, she adds, is that it’s often just too expensive for those who are most vulnerable to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938720\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11938720\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman stand in front of their 1-story home.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1213\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847-800x505.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/IMG_3847-1536x970.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carla and Denyss Villalta stand in front of their home in the unincorporated Rollingwood neighborhood outside San Pablo, on Jan. 6, 2023. The couple say floodwaters have already surrounded their home at least twice since they moved in about two years ago, and they are now trying to find reasonable flood insurance. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“California residents are already overburdened by their housing costs,” said Schaefer, who is pursuing a Ph.D in civil engineering at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of an insurance policy can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars per year, and depends on a home’s elevation, the year it was built, and how close it is to a body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Schaefer, a policy in the Rollingwood neighborhood could cost in the range of $700 to $800 per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the more than 60,000 people who live in the 94806 ZIP code — which encompasses Rollingwood and several other unincorporated communities, as well as parts of San Pablo and Richmond — only \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-policies-v1\">about 300 homeowners have flood insurance policies\u003c/a>. And while many residents are renters, the scant number of policyholders here suggests that thousands of homeowners are largely unprotected from flood damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People of color make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.california-demographics.com/94806-demographics#:~:text=Median%20Income,94806%20families%20live%20in%20poverty\">more than 80% of the population in this ZIP code\u003c/a>, and median household income is roughly $74,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaefer says flood insurance needs to be made more affordable and accessible to lower-income communities, as climate-fueled storms intensify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One solution could be a community-based insurance program, which would be cheaper and offer more protection,” said Schaefer, who is in the process of creating a pilot for this model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a program like this to work, she says, a government agency — either the county or a hyper-local assessment district — would need to be directly involved. Homeowners would pay that agency a discounted premium and receive a fixed amount of payment when a triggering event, like a flood, occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be predetermined, and … a homeowner would know going into the storm, if something happened, they’d at least have the money to have a safe and warm place,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938718\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/141B0871-.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11938718 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/141B0871-.jpg\" alt=\"A front gate opens onto a flooded street\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/141B0871-.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/141B0871--160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floodwater from Rheem Creek creeps ominously close to Carla and Denyss Villalta’s front door on New Year’s Eve. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Carla Villalta)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A higher-level, or more traditional, coverage tier would also be available under Schaefer’s proposed plan, but it would be capped at 1% of household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the case of San Pablo, for example, the insurance would be kind of whatever you could buy for $520 a year,” she said. In contrast, some San Pablo residents pay \u003ca href=\"https://www.policygenius.com/homeowners-insurance/flood-insurance-california/\">triple that amount\u003c/a>, according to the site Policygenius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaefer says she would also like to see insurance companies, local governments and community members working together to implement longer-term solutions, like building additional filtration basins, adding more storm drains and restoring badly eroded creeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local flood-mitigation projects in the area are already underway, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/3732/Rheem-Creek\">$1.6 million state-funded initiative\u003c/a> to widen flood drains and restore parts of Rheem Creek by deepening the channel and planting native trees along its edges to lock in sediment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently, the creek floods several times a year, and we hope after this project, it should only flood every five to 10 years,” said Anne Bremirez, program director with The Watershed Project, one of the nonprofit groups leading the initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cisneros, who said she can’t afford flood insurance, finds it hard to believe the project will be effective enough to protect her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve told us too many times [they’d fix the flooding issues],” she said, adding that if the creek continues to flood, she might consider relocating to higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to see when they finish it. 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The couple say floodwaters have already surrounded their home at least twice since they moved in about two years ago, and they are now trying to find reasonable flood insurance. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“California residents are already overburdened by their housing costs,” said Schaefer, who is pursuing a Ph.D in civil engineering at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of an insurance policy can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars per year, and depends on a home’s elevation, the year it was built, and how close it is to a body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Schaefer, a policy in the Rollingwood neighborhood could cost in the range of $700 to $800 per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the more than 60,000 people who live in the 94806 ZIP code — which encompasses Rollingwood and several other unincorporated communities, as well as parts of San Pablo and Richmond — only \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-policies-v1\">about 300 homeowners have flood insurance policies\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>As recent storms have shown just how vulnerable the Bay Area is to flooding, a new study finds that rising groundwater is a crucial contributor to the region’s flooding challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfei.org/projects/shallow-groundwater-response-sea-level-rise\">study’s goal\u003c/a> in four counties — Alameda, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo — is huge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s to make the Bay Area the most climate-resilient coastal region in the world,” said Adrian Covert, senior vice president of the Bay Area Council, a business association that helped fund the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In partnership with local climate scientists at Pathways Climate Institute, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, UC Berkeley, regional agencies and the counties, the study took existing groundwater levels and imagined how they would push up around the lip of the bay as seas rise. The authors also \u003ca href=\"https://sfei.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=2ab0c998497f4f7398aa54f176a6fb26\">created maps\u003c/a> to provide a high-level overview of this challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>12-inch sea level rise scenario\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1177px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11938217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing light flooding along the shores of San Francisco Bay.\" width=\"1177\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12.jpg 1177w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-800x485.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1177px) 100vw, 1177px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mapping covers both current conditions and projected future conditions with sea level rise. 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According to the study, rising groundwater will occur many years before it ever reaches the surface, based on today’s groundwater levels and global climate projections.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1981077,news_11927434,science_1980255\"]The scientists reached this conclusion by analyzing current groundwater measurements from contamination-monitoring wells, data from boreholes drilled prior to construction projects, and tidal and creek water surface elevations. From these sources, they created a searchable map of the counties to show what’s at risk in different sea level rise scenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding happens regularly in places like the city of Alameda and will happen exponentially more in the future, said Christine May, founder of Pathways Climate Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we have another couple inches of rise than what we’re seeing today, it could triple in aerial extent across the bay,” she said. “It has really big implications. It’s going to change everything related to how we design buildings, freeways and sewer infrastructure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>36-inch sea level rise scenario\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11938218 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/36.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows moderate flooding in a few areas, mostly Novato and some southern parts of the Bay Area.\" width=\"1072\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/36.jpg 1072w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/36-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/36-1020x673.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/36-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May said the project is the first of its kind for the region, but the data is limited, and “our mapping could already be a significant underestimate of the problem.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Christine May, founder, Pathways Climate Institute\"]‘It has really big implications. It’s going to change everything related to how we design buildings, freeways and sewer infrastructure.’[/pullquote]The authors said decision-makers should treat the research as a warning sign of what’s to come in a warming world. May said there are hundreds, if not thousands, of contaminated sites around the Bay — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981077/state-regulators-scrutinize-climate-plan-for-controversial-richmond-housing-development\">remnants of the region’s industrial past\u003c/a> — and if groundwater rises, it could all come in contact with this pollution buried throughout the shoreline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anytime you’re leaving contamination in the ground, if those conditions change, such as the water table is rising, that provides the potential to remobilize contaminants and create a new exposure pathway that could impact the environment or public health,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Risks of contaminants resurfacing disproportionately affect lower-income communities and communities of color because historical injustices mean that they are more likely to live near contaminated sites, said Kristina Hill, professor at UC Berkeley and a co-author of the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even a few inches of groundwater rise may mobilize contaminants or change flow directions, causing contaminants in the soil to spread,” she said. “Existing remediation plans don’t account for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>66-inch sea level rise scenario\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11938219\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/66.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing more intense flooding along the southern Bay Area such as Palo Alto, Redwood City and Fremont.\" width=\"1012\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/66.jpg 1012w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/66-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/66-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These initial findings could give water agencies more power to enforce cleanup, said Lisa Horowitz McCann, assistant director of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives us strong evidence to start making requirements where we have another layer of science that supports that there’s a risk,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board recently made a pivotal move in revising regulations by requiring bayfront landfills to pinpoint methods for protecting landfills from rising groundwater in their long-term flood protection plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While previous studies have looked at groundwater rise in the Bay Area, this new vetted data set provides the information decision-makers need to understand how to adapt planning decisions for groundwater rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandra Hamlat, principal resilience analyst in San Francisco’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning, said the city has “photographic evidence of where there’s already emerging groundwater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’ll make us build smarter,” she said. “We want to make sure that we’re protecting our assets, and I am sure property owners do, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>108-inch sea level rise scenario\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11938220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/108-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing intense flooding all along the shores of the Bay Area.\" width=\"986\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/108-Copy.jpg 986w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/108-Copy-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/108-Copy-160x114.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is already using the study’s findings for capital improvement projects. Hamlat said the new data would likely inform which projects are approved and how to modify stormwater and sewage systems to accommodate an immense amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings also suggest that sea level rise projects, like seawalls or levees, may not be enough to keep water out of shoreline communities. That’s a big deal for San Mateo County, where many of these projects are located, said Len Materman, CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://oneshoreline.org/\">OneShoreline\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wherever those levees are sitting, at the end of the day, they’re going to be along the shoreline area and impacted by groundwater,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many San Mateo County cities already see flooding in storms and during king tides, so, he said, emerging groundwater would only add to the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like Miami stuff that we’re seeing in some of our communities,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As recent storms have shown just how vulnerable the Bay Area is to flooding, a new study finds that rising groundwater is a crucial contributor to the region’s flooding challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfei.org/projects/shallow-groundwater-response-sea-level-rise\">study’s goal\u003c/a> in four counties — Alameda, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo — is huge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s to make the Bay Area the most climate-resilient coastal region in the world,” said Adrian Covert, senior vice president of the Bay Area Council, a business association that helped fund the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In partnership with local climate scientists at Pathways Climate Institute, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, UC Berkeley, regional agencies and the counties, the study took existing groundwater levels and imagined how they would push up around the lip of the bay as seas rise. The authors also \u003ca href=\"https://sfei.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=2ab0c998497f4f7398aa54f176a6fb26\">created maps\u003c/a> to provide a high-level overview of this challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>12-inch sea level rise scenario\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1177px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11938217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing light flooding along the shores of San Francisco Bay.\" width=\"1177\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12.jpg 1177w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-800x485.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/12-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1177px) 100vw, 1177px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mapping covers both current conditions and projected future conditions with sea level rise. The darker the color, the more imminent the risk of groundwater rising. \u003ccite>(Pathways Climate Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Now the public can go and look at these tools and see how different levels of sea level rise could affect everything from flooding in their basements to reducing the capacity of sewer systems to potential infrastructure damage to bridges and tall buildings,” Covert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KathyLee510/status/1612861403068772353?s=20&t=-p1ji8JblKAJGa8jz3ClGg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood watch was in effect for much of the Bay Area through Tuesday afternoon as swollen rivers, creeks and streams threatened to overflow their banks, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several areas of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties remained under evacuation orders or warnings as of Tuesday afternoon. Monterey County residents are encouraged to check whether they are in an area under evacuation order by \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0\">typing in their address here\u003c/a>. Santa Cruz County residents can do the same \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/search\">via the Zonehaven platform\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, communities along the Russian River breathed a collective sigh of relief when evacuation warnings were lifted late Tuesday morning after officials determined that the river had crested at 31.7 feet earlier in the morning, just shy of the 32-foot flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday afternoon surveyed flood-damaged small businesses in Capitola Village, a community near Santa Cruz that has been particularly hard-hit by relentless storm surges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re soaked. This place is soaked,” he said, warning that additional storms in the coming days, even if less severe, will pack a mighty punch. “And now just more modest precipitation could have equal or greater impact in terms of the conditions on the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said an emergency declaration by President Biden now includes 31 California counties and means that “direct assistance will be forthcoming when conditions are right and we’ve assessed the damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not walking away,” he said, pledging to help small businesses recover. “Obviously, they’re going to have to assess their own insurance liabilities and it all will be determinative in terms of where we land. But we’ll do our best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rachaelmyrow/status/1612943504619237376\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he wanted to be careful to not “overpromise” and leave people “wanting and angry.” But, he added, “obviously the state, its intention, as is the federal government, is to help in the short run and the long run to be there for these businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>BART is reporting major delays at the Richmond station in the Berryessa, Richmond and Millbrae directions. There is a major power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As thunderstorms rolled across the Bay Area, lightning struck some of San Francisco’s landmarks, including Sutro Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/hairessy/status/1612914815848308737?s=20&t=jJZMneLyAGl-C_PIeNG-Tg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BettyKPIX/status/1612943337493004288\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1612883133652926465\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office lifted an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning that had been in place since Jan. 4 for the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order affected thousands of people in low-lying areas between Healdsburg and Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., the river crested fractions of an inch below flood stage and is now expected go down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some roads are still closed, however, owing to flooded creeks and downed trees. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFFDPIO/status/1612881982865956866\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation reported Tuesday that several parks were closed due to the storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The TPC Harding, Fleming, Golden Gate Park, Lincoln Park and Sharp Park golf courses were closed, along with the Japanese Tea Garden, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, SOMA West Skate Park, Grattan Playground, Peixotto Playground, Stern Grove, Pine Lake, the Great Highway and all grass fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The CHP is reporting a number of road closures as a result of the wet weather battering the Bay Area Tuesday. Public transit also is affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, State Route 84 between Niles Canyon and Pleasanton Sunol roads in Fremont is blocked due to flooding and a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard is closed due to storm-related erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further south, in San Mateo County, State Route 35 north of La Honda Road is blocked in both directions, due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in Santa Clara County, the connector ramp to southbound State Route 87 on southbound Interstate 280 in San José is closed, as is the right lane in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, State Route 9 east of Graham Hill Road is blocked in both directions due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1612864447483367424\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.[aside postID=news_11937103 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61892_008_KQED_WoodStreetFlooding_01052023-qut-1020x680.jpg']“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TheWaterAway/status/1611776064824709122\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omni Commons is currently prioritizing families, women and people who identify as LGBTQ+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteer Geraldo Amador says the space can accommodate 30 to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. every day. While intakes stop at 11 p.m., individuals can stay at the shelter overnight. Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1612502376753303552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, evacuation orders were issued for low-lying areas of the Carmel River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TessKenny12/status/1612512010696069121\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in Northern California, several school districts were closed due to the storms, including many campuses in Sonoma County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Click here for a full list of Sonoma County districts and schools closed as of 11 a.m. Monday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, Sunday night’s storm saw gusts of up to 70 mph and caused outages that left around 16,000 Bay Area residents without power, according to PG&E. In Sacramento, more than 36,000 customers remained without power Monday morning, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after \u003ca href=\"https://www.smud.org/en/Customer-Support/Outage-Status\">gusts of 60 mph knocked trees into power lines\u003c/a>, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11937204,news_11937216,news_11936674\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office lifted an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning that had been in place since Jan. 4 for the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order affected thousands of people in low-lying areas between Healdsburg and Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., the river crested fractions of an inch below flood stage and is now expected go down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some roads are still closed, however, owing to flooded creeks and downed trees. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Can you give us an idea of the kinds of damage we are seeing and who it’s affecting?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dave Reid:\u003c/b> It’s a profound impact across our county. In our mountainous regions we’re seeing landslides and slope failures impacting our county-maintained road network as well as damaging homes and other critical infrastructure. Along our rivers and creeks and drainages, we’ve experienced flooding in our Soquel businesses and residences in mid-county and south county. And a lot of people saw on social media the power and impact of our ocean along our coastline. So it’s really a widespread impact from these storms over the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Is the county spending more resources right now cleaning up from the last storm, or preparing for the next?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a balance there. What we’re trying to do in the cleanup and preparation side is to make sure to the best of our ability that our natural drainage systems and our engineered stormwater systems are clear and ready to try and take this next storm. So we’re trying to remove woody debris that may cause more harm or damage to the flooding potential. We’re trying to clear our drainage infrastructure so that our storm drains and culverts are clear. 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